- From: Doug Gibson <doug.gibson@gmail.com>
- Date: Sun, 21 Nov 2004 11:39:24 -0500
- To: w3c-wai-gl@w3.org
I realize that one of the most common uses for javascript URIs is to spawn content in a new window. However, as I suggested some time back, we should avoid using popups or window.open() in such examples unless specifically talking about popups. This was because of the complex issues of popup blockers, and the issue of standards and doctypes has since be brought up. The issue of javascript URIs at hand will easily get lost in such a discussion unless popups are addressed as a separate issue unto themselves. Why not use a generic example in this section to prevent such confusion: <a href="javascript:doSomething()"> vs <a href="fallback_URL.html" onclick="doSomething()"> On the issue of popups, there is simply too much bad behavior among browsers as well as third party popup blockers to assure that you can tell if a popup has been blocked and serve alternate content. Opera 6 would kill any script as soon as window.open was encountered. Some popup blockers allow the target window to open, but close it for you (see http://www.analogx.com/contents/download/network/pow.htm as one example, but there are others I've seen and heard mentioned but cannot remember) -Doug Gibson
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